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This photograph is taken of the "Dead End" of the Ypres Canal and looking southeast. Pictured are a factory chimney, the remains of the tower of "Cloth Hall," the first aid station, and Rue de Dixmude.

"The Airman's Escape" is George W. Puryear's autobiographical account of his capture and escape from a German POW camp during World War I. His account appeared in the April 1919 (p. 452-462) and May 1919 (p. 615-628) issues of Atlantic Monthly...

This page in Mitchener's diary shows three more men being added to his POW camp quarters in room five, even though there is not enough space. Mitchener lists their names, which are John R. Hanzlik [Pennsylvania], John F. Hodges (Tennessee) and...

This page in Mitchener's diary shows the oncoming Russian advance into Poland and Germany in January 1945. It is captioned,"From Memel to Budapest" and "Uncle Joe Moves Again." The diarist has drawn a calendar with the date January 12 circled as...

Constitution of Frankland. 19
law, act, or resolve whatsoever respecting religion or the spiritual service we owe to God; but shall confine themselves wholly to matter purely civil.
Sect. 25. Laws for the encouraging...

Constitution of Frankland 21
Legislature, except by a law for that purpose; and the purposes for which the money is raised, and to which it is appropriated, shall be clearly expressed in the preamble. And,...

This printed page reads,"A Wartime log for British Prisoners." The diaries were distributed to prisoners during World War II by the War Prisoners Aid of the Y.M.C.A. The item was published in Geneva, Switzerland. Mitchener has added a question mark...

Image of captured Confederates on an island erroneously labeled near Bridgeport, Tennessee; the location is near Bridgeport, Alabama. The site is at the current CSX Bridge 122.6 over the Tennessee River Slough. Several clashes took place here due...

This page in Mitchener's diary shows a drawing of two train cars with "40 Hommes 8 Cheveaux"(40 men 8 horses) written on one of the cars. Mitchener writes,"As you approach the 'Zug' [train] Yards - Spremburg---'Board!' Fifty-six men per car--Hardly...

This page in Mitchener's diary shows the prisoners and guards seeking cover in a trench; several German guards are pictured shooting guns. Mitchener writes, "Near Priebus, second nite out ---C'est le guerre [It's war] - Down the road, rattled a...

This page includes the contact information for Dorothy [June] Krout. Mitchener has only written,"[L.T.] operator Naval [Base] Atlanta, Ga." The other side of the page is blank except for the printer's information, which reads, "Printed by Atar S....

Photograph of William Henry Edwards, Co. E, 9th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry CSA. Pictured with his wife, Mary Rebecca Roach, who he married in October 1865. She helped prepare meals for prisoners at Rock Hill, where she met Edwards. Photographer...

Certificate of parole for Leander H. Russ, a cavalry escort of General Nathan Bedford Forrest, from Camp Chase, Ohio, issued by W. P. Richardson, Commandant of Prisons. The certificate includes a physical description of Russ and a notarized letter...